uncloud
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
uncloud (third-person singular simple present unclouds, present participle unclouding, simple past and past participle unclouded)
- (transitive) To free from clouds or obscurity.
- c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- whose breath can still the winds, Uncloud the sun, charm down the swelling sea, / And stop the floods of Heaven
- To enlighten
References[edit]
- “uncloud”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.